Integration Architect (Cape Town) x1 at Capitec Bank

Purpose Statement

To ensure that Capitec Bank has a consistent and well-designed application, data and platform integration architecture with specific focus on:

• Inter-Application Interoperability.
• Application-to-Platform Integration.
• Platform-to-Infrastructure Integration.
• Data Integration.
• Availability and Reliability.
• Capacity.
• Application and Data Safety.
• Efficiency of delivery.
• Data Streaming and Data Architecture
• Production Readiness and Operational Fit.
• SDLC conformance of the above elements.
• To ensure resolution of Last-Resort Problem Escalation for root cause analysis of difficult integration and operational problems.
• To assist with more complex and larger scale application, data and integration architecture and design.
• To plan and execute testing, debugging and tuning of integration implementations.

Experience

Min:

• 7-10 Years general programming
• 5 Years application and component design
• 5 Years general IT architecture
• At least 3 projects where Lead role was performed
• At least 3 projects where team was larger than 10 people
• 5 Years Kafka experience
• 5 Years AWS experience

Ideal:

• 5 Years C++/C programming
• 2 Years Network Design
• 5 Years Network Protocol level analysis
• 2 Years Trainer

Qualifications (Minimum)

• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

Qualifications (Ideal or Preferred)

• A relevant degree in Information Technology - Computer Science

Knowledge

Min:
Basic knowledge of:

• Network design

A working knowledge of:

• Data Schema and Code Design with emphasis on integration
• Key network performance design considerations
• Windows System Internals
• Linux System Internals
• Cloud computing

Expert at creating:

• Application architecture
• Application design
• Application integration
• Data integration

Expert knowledge of:

• Developing with mainstream Capitec development and scripting languages
• C#
• Java
• T-SQL
• Javascript
• Developing with C/C++
• Web service stadards
• Object-oriented design and development
• Solution profiling and tracing, including the use of telemetry data
• Enterprise Application Integration Patterns usage and implementation
• Cloud integration patterns
• Data integration patterns and techniques
• Application instrumentation techniques in order to enhance operational control and reporting

Ideal:
Expert knowledge of:

• Other mainstream Capitec systems’ Technical Architecture
• Cloud computing with the emphasis on integration
• Dump analysis
• The 7 layer OSI model
• Network trace analysis for all 7 of the OSI model
• Methods of securing APIs including but not limited to: Authentication and Authorization mechanisms, Transport and Message security
• GOF design patterns usage and implementation
• A working knowledge of:
• Budgeting and procurement

Skills

• Communications Skills

Competencies

• Achieving Personal Work Goals and Objectives
• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
• Working with People

Conditions of Employment

• Clear criminal and credit record